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As I've been hearing through facebook and and friends that a lot of cars are going missing specifically modified cars. What are your thoughts and opinions of storing cars on the street? As I don't have a garage and it would have to be stored on the street what are some tips to trying to keep it as safe and make it kind of a deterrent so theifs wouldn't want to steal it. Other than having insurance, a good alarm and hoping for the best what are the ways you store your cars and if street storage was the only way how would you how about it?

It seems we can't have anything nice these days without jealous pricks stealing our pride and joys.

I'm really curious and paranoid because I don't live in the best area to have nice things around and looking to spend good money on getting an immaculate R33/R34 depending if I find the right one.

Note: I don't think this is the correct section, if not sorry and please move it to where it needed to be. I couldn't find somewhere to post this, thanks.

Edited by Albus

It sounds like the standard set of precautions is a good alarm/immobiliser, club lock, tracking device and kill switch(es). None of these will stop a determined crook though, and most also make it harder for you to drive your own car on a regular basis.

Have you looked at renting a garage somewhere near?

These days trackers are a waste of time, those that are serious about stealing it will use a high powered jammer to block cell phone reception and the GPS signal, lots have made their way into Australia even though they are illegal, the crooks are the ones with them.

http://acma.gov.au/theACMA/ACMAi/Complaints/iFAQs/faqs-mobile-phone-and-gps-jamming-devices-acma

If they want it bad enough, they will take it, garage is your only hope, forget about parking it on the street and expecting it to remain there if the wrong eyes find it.

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Yeah, I guess you can do is try the best to have the best insurance/alarms etc. I will look into a garage but I'm still a long way from a beloved GTR. But in the next few years want to get a nice clean GT-T.

I would suggest forgetting about anything tidy or nice if you have to park it on the street. Streets are full of arseholes, f**kwits and general incompetents. Something will happen to the car eventually and it will break your heart. For example, I parked on the street in Randwick once, 90 degree to kerb, somebody attempted to park next to me and must have hit the accelerator instead of the brake and sideswiped my whole passenger side, from front bumper to rear wheel arch. I mean, totally stoved in kind of sideswipe. They annihilated it. They then drove off, no note or anything so I came back to a destroyed car.

I found the car that did it with MY paint on THEIR bumper (also, their car colour matched the paint left on my car) parked a couple of blocks away. The police were totally uninterested, and refused to even look at or question the owner of the other vehicle unless somebody witnessed the car actually do it. Since it happened overnight of course nobody saw it. So that was an at-fault insurance claim and 3-4 weeks without the car.

If you want a skyline, get a beater that has a few dings and rough paint already. Don't park anything you care about on the street.

I would suggest forgetting about anything tidy or nice if you have to park it on the street. Streets are full of arseholes, f**kwits and general incompetents. Something will happen to the car eventually and it will break your heart. For example, I parked on the street in Randwick once, 90 degree to kerb, somebody attempted to park next to me and must have hit the accelerator instead of the brake and sideswiped my whole passenger side, from front bumper to rear wheel arch. I mean, totally stoved in kind of sideswipe. They annihilated it. They then drove off, no note or anything so I came back to a destroyed car.

I found the car that did it with MY paint on THEIR bumper (also, their car colour matched the paint left on my car) parked a couple of blocks away. The police were totally uninterested, and refused to even look at or question the owner of the other vehicle unless somebody witnessed the car actually do it. Since it happened overnight of course nobody saw it. So that was an at-fault insurance claim and 3-4 weeks without the car.

If you want a skyline, get a beater that has a few dings and rough paint already. Don't park anything you care about on the street.

Ouch, Randwick isn't far from me. Only around 5 minutes away. But yeah, there is definitely incompetent arseholes around. :/

I've pretty much come to the conclusion that sleepers are the way to go these days. In NZ car theft is endemic and people just don't care about the property of others, so I've given away the idea of having a nice looking car. My VS Commodore looks like a beaten-up POS, with peeling paint, dents, scrapes, curbed old alloys and so on. It's the sort of car they'd buy on Top Gear for their beater challenges, you'd avoid parking next to it at the mall because you know the owner doesn't care if the doors get banged up getting in and out. You'd never guess it was packing over 600hp.

PS: 600+hp engine not installed yet, or even purchased, currently running whatever's left of 200hp...

Edited by Hertz Donut

I've pretty much come to the conclusion that sleepers are the way to go these days. In NZ car theft is endemic and people just don't care about the property of others, so I've given away the idea of having a nice looking car. My VS Commodore looks like a beaten-up POS, with peeling paint, dents, scrapes, curbed old alloys and so on. It's the sort of car they'd buy on Top Gear for their beater challenges, you'd avoid parking next to it at the mall because you know the owner doesn't care if the doors get banged up getting in and out. You'd never guess it was packing over 600hp.

PS: 600+hp engine not installed yet, or even purchased, currently running whatever's left of 200hp...

never guess because it doesn't have.

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